Writer: Difficulty Printing Cards on Epson Stylus (126048)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Creative Writer
  • Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows 1.1
  • Microsoft Creative Writer for Windows 2.0
This article was previously published under Q126048
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SYMPTOMS

When you print a card from Creative Writer to an Epson Stylus Color printer, you may experience one of the following problems:

  • You may receive an error message stating that the disk is full, or the program may stop responding (hang).

    -or-

  • The printer may print a blank sheet of paper. With Creative Writer 1.x, this is followed by McZee's message, "I've finished printing your document. That was fun!"

    -or-

  • The card may begin printing and hang midway through printing.

RESOLUTION

Use the following steps to resolve the problem:

Windows 95

  1. Click the Start button, point at Settings, and then click Printers.
  2. Click the Epson Stylus with the right mouse button and click Properties.
  3. Click the Graphics tab, and set Resolution to 180 dots per inch.
  4. On the printer, select the Condensed Print option. This option makes the print darker.

Windows 3.x

  1. In the Main program group in Program Manager, double-click the Control Panel icon.
  2. Double-click the Printers icon.
  3. Click the Epson Stylus, then click Setup and set the resolution for printer output to 180.
  4. On the printer, select the Condensed Print option. This option makes the print darker.

MORE INFORMATION

Under Windows 3.x, Creative Writer may exit to Program Manager when you are printing because the Epson Stylus Color printer driver versions 1.03 and 1.04 installs its own print manager.

When Epson's print manager becomes active, Creative Writer is automatically minimized. To restore Creative Writer to full-screen, double-click the Creative Writer icon.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/15/2005
Keywords:kbprb KB126048
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